Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 2.81% or 14.60 points to trade at 533.40 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.56% or 9.10 points to end at 364.00 and Shell PLC (LON:SHEL) was up 1.71% or 43.00 points to 2,564.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX), which lost 5.76% or 32.00 points to trade at 523.50 in late trade. Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) declined 5.10% or 226.00 points to end at 4,208.00 and M&G Plc (LON:MNG) shed 2.51% or 5.20 points to 202.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1018 to 765 and 668 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 1.35 to $2,671.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.56% or 3.20 to hit $73.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 4.32% or 3.19 to trade at $77.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.11% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.79.